Increasing Educational Opportunities

Building on the Goldman Sachs Foundation’s history of supporting access to and impact in the education space, Goldman Sachs Gives aims to facilitate the promotion of innovation and excellence in education worldwide, especially for the underserved.

Goldman Sachs Gives has supported diverse educational organizations in low-income communities, a range of after-school programs, need-based scholarships in secondary and higher education, as well as educational and cultural programming for students around the world.

Through its Goldman Sachs Scholars program, the current and retired senior employees of Goldman Sachs have recommended grants exceeding $120 million to 125 colleges and universities for need-based financial aid and scholarships.

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Goldman Sachs Gives, made a $20 million gift to construct Harlem Children's Zone's new Promise Academy Charter School in Harlem. The gift represents the largest private contribution to the new charter school. Watch the video.